DAY 94...BRAZIL

It was 4:15am. I was awake. The sweat of a haunting night terror flows down my flushed face. The nightmare of abandoning my loyal blog followers continues to plague my mind. How could this have happened?! I almost FORGOT to update my valued audience. Fortunately it was all jut a nightmare but it put me back on the right track and here I am giving you all a late but deserved check up. Please forgive me for my negligence.
Also, for the sake of your concern towards me sanity please note that the above events did not occur in real life but my guilt for forgetting about you is genuine. Let’s get down to it! And by “it” I mean BRAZIL, outside my window, right now, I can see it! That’s right ladies and gents, we have made it to our final foreign port of call, Salvador, Brazil. What lies ahead I cannot say- no mom and dad, I’m not hiding anything from you, I literally don’t know what the next few days have in store. As these keys click-clack beneath my fingers the Explorer is still in the docking process as we inch closer and closer to the pier. As you may know by now Brazil has been experiencing heavy rainfall and that is exactly what’s going on. Despite the high temperatures and humidity it is still grey and rainy outside but we will not let that bring us down! 
I will be exploring Salvador for a better part of the morning then flying down Rio de Janeiro this evening! However, due to the recent rains and mudslide disaster our original plans for Rio have changed. All we really know right now is that we are staying on Ipanema Beach for 3 nights then flying back to Salvador on the 24th. What lies in between shall remain a mystery!
But until that mystery is solved, my friends, I must get ready to seize this wonderful day of arrival. We will be departing on the 25th, which is when you can expect my next update. It is with a heavy heart when I tell you that today marks day 14 of the countdown to Ft. Lauderdale (and I’m now one hour ahead of east coast time). Two weeks. Hmm. My excitement to go home and see friends and family is combating my fear of this voyage coming to an end. These next 14 days are to be cherished like never before, as they will quickly pass us by. I send my love to everyone at home and cannot wait to see some of you in the very near future. Thank you for joining me this morning, take care and check back in soon!

Yours truly,   
        Christopher J. Constantine